Improvement



M. lUDD.

Fastener for the Meeting-Rails of Sashes.

Patented May 11, 1875.

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MORTON JUDD, OF WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENERS FOR THE MEETING-RAILS OF SASHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,079, dated May 11,1875; application led March 27, 1875.

CASE B.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MoR'roN Juni), of Wallingford, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement inSash-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification:

In Letters Patent No. 139,895, granted to me June 17, 1873, asash-fastening is shown inv which the plate forming the top of the boxis secured by the screw passing through the lever and forming thefulcrum ot' the same.

The present is an improvement upon the same.

It is usual to make the top plates of the sash-astenings withprojections and indentations, to ornament the same. The consequence isthat there is no opportunity t0 polish the prominent portions of suchfastenings, because if plated or polished it could not be cleanedproperly in consequence of the irregular surfaces, and the comparativelyinaccessible position iu which the fastenings are applied.

I make the top plate of the box sufficiently thick to receive theattaching pin or rivet, and to provide for a smooth upper surface whichis polished; and, in consequence of being free from projections,inequalities, or incumbrances, it can be wiped oft' and kept clean andlustrous with facility, thus greatly enhancing the appearance of thefastening, and preventing the objectionable appearance of suchfastenings, especially when seen from the outside of the window. A

In the drawing, Figure l is a plan of the fastening. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same 5 and Fig. 3 is a section at the leverfulcrum.

The box c, lever-fastening b, catch-plate c, and cam-shaped bearings forthe lever to catch upon, are substantially the same as in my saidpatent.

The cover or cap plate e of the box a is made sufficiently thick for therivet or pivot screw t' that attaches the said cap plate e and thebase-plate of the box a, and at the same time forms the pivot for thelever b. The top of this plate e is smooth and polished, and it ispreferable to nickle-plate the same, so that it may be kept clean andornamental by wipingl olf the smooth surface from time to time.

By casting the plate e with a rivet in it, as shown, the surface ot' thecapmay be ground smooth, plated, and polished before the parts areattached together by riveting up the lower end of i, which can be doneWithout injury to the ornamental surface.

The under side 0f the cap plate may be made hollow at each side of theattachingrivet, so as to lessen the Weight.

I claim as my invention* The capplate e, to which the attaching screw 0rrivet c' is connected at its under side, so as not to appear upon theupper and smooth or polished surface, in combination with thelever-fastening b and box a, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 22d day of March, 1875.

MORTON J UDD.

Witnesses L. M. HUBBARD, W. B. HALL.

